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Unescoafarreport.Pdf Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of the material throughout this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO or unicef, concerning legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimination of its frontiers or boundaries. Opinions expressed are the opinions of the authors as individual experts only. This report was produced in July 2015, at UNESCO Addis Ababa Liaison Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Contributors The documents include contributions from Seifu Kebede and Zennaw Tessema (Summary reports and proposals), as well as of Dessie Nedaw and Asefa Kumsa. Scientific and technical editing was supported by Benno Böer and Akintunde Akinsanya. Contents 1. Summary Report ................................................................................................................................... 2 2. External Evaluation Report ................................................................................................................. 20 3. Proposal I ............................................................................................................................................ 37 4. Proposal 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 47 Summary report Summary report on improving drilling success rate in the Afar Region (Elidar, Erepti and Atsbi Woredas) UNESCO-Addis, June 2015 1. Introduction Background: Groundwater is the main source of rural and urban water supply in the arid lowlands of Ethiopia. In recent years, the number of water wells drilled has dramatically increased through the intervention of various international and local initiatives. However, the success rate of drilling productive wells in arid lowlands is still very low (30-50%), even by sub Saharan standard. The failure in pinpointing productive sites is primarily attributed to lack of adequate scientific information as well as complexity of hydrogeology of the region. A joint UNICEF-UNESCO pilot project on improving drilling success rate in the Afar region was conducted during 2013-14. The project was implemented in two phases. During the first phase, all existing information (geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, geophysics) were gathered and base maps of hydrogeology and geology were produced at scale of 1:250000. Most prolific aquifer areas as well as areas with complex hydrogeology were identified. Three Woredas with known water scarcity and complex hydrogeology were selected for further detailed groundwater investigation. The selected woredas were: Elidar- located along Ethio-Djibouti border, Erepti- located south west of Dallol depression and Atsbi- located in the escarpment bordering Afar and Tigray. The detailed groundwater investigation was conducted in the second phase of the project. The objectives of the second phase of the project were: - Prepare detailed hydrogeological map of the three selected woredas - Identify potential water bearing rock formations and structures - Estimate groundwater availability through recharge analysis - Determine water quality of the groundwater bodies for water use The second phase of the project aims to increase drilling success rate. A combination of methodologies including conventional hydrogeological survey, water point inventory, geophysical investigation (Vertical - 2 - Electrical Sounding) and radar and optical remote sensing were used to attain the objectives outlined above and select sites for drilling of productive wells. The anticipated drilling success rate for the proposed wells is also postulated. The findings of the two years study are summarized in three volumes: geophysics, remote sensing and hydrogeology. The hydrogeology report integrates all historical and newly generated data and information derived from therein. The hydrogeology report and maps have presented groundwater potential zones and suggested drilling sties. The report also proposed some test wells drilling in order to validate the maps and predictions. Key hydrogeology challenges in the Afar region: The Afar region is underlain by volcanic rocks. The rocks were formed contemporaneously with rift formation. The volcanic stratigraphy is complex (later extent is discontinuous, thickness of rock units are non uniform, and cross cutting and dissection by rift structures disrupts the rocks). The dissection by the numerous sets of faults results in a series of ‘horst’ and ‘graben’ structures. Often the graben structures are filled by thick alluvo – lacustrine sediments. Thickness reaches order of 1-2 km (example in the Tendaho graben). As a result of this complex geology, two hydrogeological challenges exit: identification of the right place to drill and high salinity that is imparted by dissolution of the sediments in the various grabens and by evaporative enrichment of recharge water. Both are challenging to predict. Regional Hydrogeology of Afar: The region is characterized by arid to semi arid climate with low rainfall (<100 mmyr-1) and high evaporation (>2500 mmyr-1). Streams are usually seasonal and few are perennial carrying flash flood from the highlands. Saline lakes fed by groundwater mark the lowest places in the Afar region. In the Afar regional state groundwater occurs in the following forms, a) Shallow and deep cold groundwater in fractures, sediments and basaltic aquifers, b) Deep geothermal waters with surface manifestation in the form of hot springs c) Riparian fresh groundwater along Awash river and major tributaries, d) Buried old river channels and Wadis and d) Fresh groundwater occurrences along the rift margins. Regardless of the hydrogeological challenges some very prolific regional aquifers are also located in the Afar regional state and the Afar depression. The known and well mapped aquifers in the Afar depression include: Alluvial fans of the Dallol desert (Musley and Bada fans), The - 3 - intercalated alluvial and volcanic aquifers of Teru-Digdiga-Awura Depression, the Shinile Alluvial plain, the Alidegie alluvial-volcanic intercalated aquifer Plain, the dallol coalased alluvial fans, the Borkena- Kobo Girana and Raya alluvial valleys, the Tendaho graben, Wadi bed aquifers, the Aba Ala alluvial plain, etc. The vast extent of the central part of Afar region is underlain by the Afar startoid basalt. The Afar stratoid basalt is the least understood in terms of its water bearing properties. 2. Methods and activities An integrated methodology has been utilized to increase the knowledge bases of groundwater conditions in the three Woredas and thereby increase drilling success rate. The methodologies include: a) Collection and review of all pertinent data (total 260 water points inventoried in - 4 - three woredas), b) Field hydrogeological and geological data collection and mapping c) Geophysical survey by Vertical Electrical Sounding ( a total of 295 VES points in there woredas) and, d) Radar and optical remote sensing supported by ground truthing. The integration of the results coming out of the various methodologies has been done iteratively. Some of the steps taken in integration of the results were a) an overlay analysis for aquifer classification and identification, b) VES survey in high potential targets and c) identification of drilling target zones by combining VES survey and Remote Sensing results. In this specific activity the Remote Sensing was used to identify key geologic features such as fractures, wet zones and buried structures. It should be noted that the overlay analysis is meant to identify groundwater potential zones as well as to discriminate low groundwater potential sites. The parameters used in the overlay analysis were: geology, fractures, soil type, recharge rate, hydrographic network, and slope. Finally drilling sites for productive wells as well as test wells drilling were selected based on analysis and professional judgment of experts involved in this work. - 5 - - 6 - 3. Summary of hydrogeology of the three woredas The following table summarizes the hydrogeological characteristics of the three Woredas. Woreda Hydrogeological Characteristics The Elidar Woreda is underlain by two types of aquifers. These Elidar are a) Extensive fractured and vesicular scoracous basaltic (aka: Afar Stratoid Basalt) aquifers with high groundwater productivity (when groundwater is encountered). Highly productive wells localized on this aquifer are :Galafi ~20 l/s, Seilu ~10l/s, Gawa 10l/s, Teru: 49 l/s, Semera ~ 100l/s. Some intercalation of sediments are noted in some BH logs. It should be noted that this aquifer is extensive but not all part of the rock unit is water bearing. Water bearing zones are mostly localized in grabens and associated with fractures; b) Localized unconsolidated sediment aquifer with low to moderate groundwater productivity- these aquifers consists of alluvial, lacustrine and talus sediments; they are mainly recharged by floods during intensive rainfall; where they encounter regional groundwater they form good aquifers. Yield is in the order of 0 – 2 l/s. Salinity is highly variable in this aquifer and sometimes it is higher than the recommended WHO guidelines for drinking water use. Most promising drilling locations are: • The alluvial fans where water accumulates from a relatively large contributing surface water catchment. Depending on the specific characteristics of the fan, drilling is advised at the top of the alluvial fan where coarse material is expected
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